FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, March 27, 2012Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed HOU by 11 after the first quarter and won 90–81.

Final
CLE85
PHI103
Q1 PHI +8; Q2 PHI +14; Q3 PHI +14; Q4 PHI +18
Final
MIN86
MEM93
Q1 MEM +2; Q2 MEM +3; Q3 MEM +1; Q4 MEM +7
Final
ATL101
MIL108
Q1 MIL +8; Q2 MIL +9; Q3 MIL -1; Q4 MIL +7
Final
HOU81
DAL90
Q1 DAL -11; Q2 DAL -3; Q3 DAL +8; Q4 DAL +9
Final
SAS107
PHX100
Q1 SAS +1; Q2 SAS +5; Q3 SAS +1; Q4 SAS +7
Final
OKC109
POR95
Q1 OKC +14; Q2 OKC +18; Q3 OKC +9; Q4 OKC +14
Final
LAL104
GSW101
Q1 LAL +9; Q2 LAL +7; Q3 LAL +7; Q4 LAL +3
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 2010–11Mar 27, 2011: 9 games. Top scorer: Gerald Wallace (POR @ OKC), 40 points.
The lead · HOU @ DAL

Dallas climbs back to beat Houston

Houston led by 11 after one. Dallas won it 90–81. Dirk Nowitzki led Dallas with 21 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-11-3+8+9DAL AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU3019122081
DAL1927232190
Who led
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 13, 22, 27, 27, 27, 33, 26, 16, 31, 21DAL21 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Rodrigue BeauboisPoints, last 10 games: 5, 12, 19, 14, 16, 14, 6, 10, 6, 14DAL14 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Luis ScolaPoints, last 10 games: 30, 18, 23, 10, 18, 23, 18, 19, 18, 22HOU22 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Goran DragicPoints, last 10 games: 20, 12, 14, 11, 16, 16, 17, 24, 14, 17HOU17 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Second story · ATL @ MIL

Milwaukee handles Atlanta by 7

The Bucks won the first quarter 31–23. Final: 108–101. Monta Ellis led Milwaukee with 33 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAL over GSW3MEM over MIN7MIL over ATL7SAS over PHX7DAL over HOU9OKC over POR14PHI over CLE18Final margin, points. Pink = MIL over ATL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.2Season avg20.8Last 5

20.8 points a game over his last five games, against 10.2 in 47 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.8Season avg18.5Last 3

18.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.8 in 40 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.2Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 18.2 a game in 47 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 14 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Monta Ellis leads the day with 33

Sparkline: points in his last 10 games, tonight in pink. Black tag: most points in a game this season to date, or in his career when his whole career is in our box scores (after 5+ games). Plus/minus: points tonight against his average before tonight.
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 16, 20, 21, 18, 14, 13, 13, 11, 4, 33MIL vs ATL · W
20.8 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 23, 19, 23, 36, 28, 23, 19, 45, 13, 32OKC @ POR · W
24.2 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Shannon BrownPoints, last 10 games: 11, 5, 21, 7, 5, 9, 10, 6, 16, 32PHX vs SAS · L
9.7 PPG season to date · +22.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Jodie MeeksPoints, last 10 games: 2, 0, 5, 7, 6, 8, 13, 1, 11, 31PHI vs CLE · W
8.7 PPG season to date · +22.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 33, 18, 23, 7, 10, 32, 30, 20, 22, 30ATL @ MIL · L
18.4 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 18 REB · 5 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 26, 34, 33, 28, 15, 29, 30, 18, 18, 30LAL @ GSW · W
28.3 PPG season to date · +1.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Points per game in each player's last 10 games minus his season average through tonight. Regular season, players with 20+ games and 20+ minutes a game.
Hot
Klay ThompsonGSW+9.3 19.7 last 10 · 10.4 season
Rodney StuckeyDET+6.7 23.2 last 10 · 16.5 season
Goran DragicHOU+6.6 16.1 last 10 · 9.5 season
Joe JohnsonATL+5.1 24.2 last 10 · 19.1 season
Ersan IlyasovaMIL+5.0 17.3 last 10 · 12.3 season
Cold
Andrea BargnaniTOR−5.0 13.8 last 10 · 18.8 season
Monta EllisMIL−4.5 16.3 last 10 · 20.8 season
Shaun LivingstonMIL−4.2 2.1 last 10 · 6.3 season
Danilo GallinariDEN−4.2 11.0 last 10 · 15.2 season
Mario ChalmersMIA−3.8 6.1 last 10 · 9.9 season